Dr. Dan Bahat, one of Israel's leading archaeologists and a senior lecturer at the Land of Israel Studies at Bar-Ilan University spoke at Beth Tikvah Synagogue today on the Dead Sea Scrolls, presenting information on the different types of scrolls and their discovery. He also had a slide presentation (yes, actual slides) showing the Dead Sea areas, its cliffs and caves and the ruins of Qumran and Masada.
It was a large turnout of many four hundred people to hear the professor speak. The discussion of the non-religious scrolls from the time of the Bar Kochba revolt was quite interesting.
Beth Tikvah will be several more lectures on the Dead Sea Scrolls as part of its educational campaign parallel to the visiting exhibit of a selection of Dead Sea Scrolls this summer at the Royal Ontario Museum.